India coronavirus: Man charged over oxygen SOS for dying grandfather
Source: BBC
Police in India are prosecuting a man who used Twitter to try to find oxygen for his dying grandfather.
Officers in Uttar Pradesh state charged Shashank Yadav with spreading a rumour over oxygen shortages "with intent to cause... fear or alarm".
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Uttar Pradesh is among India's worst-hit states. Its chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, is accused of downplaying the severity of the coronavirus crisis.
Earlier this week, Mr Adityanath, a right-wing ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanded that the property of anyone spreading rumours and propaganda be seized.
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Mr Yadav's grandfather died on Monday night, apparently of a heart attack. Officials said he had not been suffering from Covid-19, but the circumstances around his death remain unclear.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-56894757
He could face jail - for this:
Link to tweet
(Sonu Sood is a Bollywood actor)
The nationalists in India really are atrocious.
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)Indian state cracks down on hospitals flagging oxygen shortage
Uttar Pradeshs BJP government accused of ordering crackdown on individuals and hospitals reporting shortages, according to Indian media reports.
27 Apr 2021
The right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Indias most populous Uttar Pradesh state has ordered a crackdown on individuals and hospitals reporting a shortage of medical oxygen or beds, according to Indian media reports.
Over the weekend, the northern states saffron-clad Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a firebrand Hindu monk known for his hate speech, threatened to invoke the stringent National Security Act (NSA) and the Gangster Act against anyone trying to spread fear and panic during the pandemic, local reports said.
He also said the property of anti-social elements spreading rumours and propaganda on social media should be seized a measure earlier used by the state against criminals, but now becoming a regular threat under Adityanaths government.
There is no shortage of beds, oxygen and life-saving drugs in the state, Adityanath said during a virtual news conference on Monday, claiming his government has established 32 oxygen plants in the state.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)I remember when Trump blamed the N95 mask shortage on nurses and doctors "taking them out the back door."
RockRaven
(14,782 posts)JI7
(89,172 posts)IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)he was banned from travel to the US and many other western countries before his election as Prime Minister.
IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)Modi's government has been claiming fake news, his liberal opponents are trying to make him look weak, etc. As if people can't see the truth.
The crackdown on journalism and social media is nothing less than fascism.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)Just how many resources does India commit to keeping a BILLION people under the collective thumb? Just ridiculous and appalling.
Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)Never mind the horrifying footage of bodies being burned in the streets, right?
It's like they just want to punch down on the already-suffering. Remind you of anyone?
His public rhetoric, Trump told Woodward in March, was part of a strategy to deliberately minimize the danger. I wanted to always play it down, the president said. I still like playing it down because I dont want to create a panic.
marble falls
(56,353 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,360 posts)It's not a rumour if it's true.